Cleric’s extradition

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Why not agree to extradite Abu Qatada to Jordan, on the condition that a British judge is also sent as an observer

Sir, It seems to have been forgotten that it is our own fault that Abu Qatada (letters,
Nov 15) is still here: during the period when he was subject to a
control order he tried to flee the country — the very thing we want him to
do — only to be brought back and returned to prison.

That act of unbelievable crassness is in the past. Why not consider dealing
with the situation we face now by responding affirmatively to the request of
the Jordanians for him to be extradited and — on the strength of our
longstanding cordial relations with them